Research Analyst

Aditya Birla Group

Mumbai, India

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Job Purpose

To recommend and advise investors for various investment ideas from medium to long term perspective by doing quantitative and qualitative analysis of listed companies. To contribute to the team activities in generating investment ideas, creating and maintaining large and complex databases, help in preparing various reports like strategy note, morning note, weekly market updates. These activities will help in driving sales and information dissemination to investors and sales force.

Job Context & Major Challenges

Job Context: To recommend and advise investors for various investment ideas from medium to long term perspective by doing quantitative and qualitative analysis of listed companies. To contribute to the team activities in generating investment ideas, creating and maintaining large and complex databases, help in preparing various reports like strategy note, morning note, weekly market updates. These activities will help in driving sales and information dissemination to investors and sales force.

Job Challenges: . To find investible ideas based on rigorous analysis of data/information sourced from quality database available in the market within a sector, given different risk return profiles and competitive advantages of various companies within a sector.
. In a an environment, which is constantly moving and changing, the key challenge is to stay abreast with latest updates in a sector and the companies within it, so as to take nimble investment decisions.
. The challenge is to clearly communicate the investment thesis for a company/sector in a manner which clearly highlights the investment case and arguments so that the investment team/investors can take an informed investment decision.
. Another key challenge of the role is to take relative investment calls when absolute opportunities are more than what can be accommodated in the portfolio

Critical Skillsets are the individual must have a strong knack for financial analysis and equity research. The role involves minor level of client interaction and hence good interpersonal skills are desirable.

Key Result Areas

	KRA (Accountabilities) (Max 1325 Characters)	Supporting Actions (Max 1325 Characters)
KRA1	To be able to build, maintain and analyze large and complex databases of macro and micro information	. To build large databases by extracting/collating appropriate datasets from data vendors like Bloomberg, Reuters, Cline, etc. and organize the data into sub-heads (viz. macros / micros / sectoral / valuations). . To understand the growth trends of the industry by analysing parameters affecting the dynamics of the industry. . To analyze data using top-down approach (international asset class level, country level and sector level) and also on a bottom up basis on assigned sectors to come up with investment ideas for the investment team and clients.
KRA2	To be able to conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of the companies of specific sectors and participate in team research activities	. To analyze companies/sectors using tools like ratio analysis, time series and cross sectional analysis, so as to make a judgment regarding investment potential of the various sectors and the companies within various sectors. . To read relevant materials from the industry body and participate in industry conferences to maintain the sharpness in investment analysis. . To meet the managements of a company and understand the key trends in the sector, the company and its future plan. . To project the earnings of the company in medium and long term.
KRA3	To be able to disseminate research based output to investors/clients helping them take investment decisions	. To prepare an investment argument based on the findings of the analysis and help the investment team build a portfolio as per the risk/return framework of the investor. . To contribute to various products which require team efforts like strategic investment report, morning report, morning sales note, concalls, weekly report. . To increase the visibility of the research team by contributing articles to various media reports.